James Clay Rice

James Clay Rice (27 December 1828-10 May 1864) was a Brigadier-General of the US Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
James Clay Rice was born in Worthington, Massachusetts in 1828, and he became a teacher in Natchez, Mississippi and a New York City lawyer after graduating from Yale University. When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, he joined the US Army as a volunteer, and he led the 44th New York at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, later leading the 4th Division of V Corps during the Overland Campaign in 1864. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and he had his men turn around so that he could face the Confederate enemy as he died.